UNNExT Workshop on Electronic Exchange of SPS Certificates for Better Trade Control and Facilitation 21-22 October 2015 Wuhan, China
Implementing UN/CEFACT ebusiness standards for agriculture trade - Opportunities for developing countries - Wuhan, October 2015 2
In this presentation.. About UN/CEFACT UN/CEFACT ebusiness standards.. UN/CEFACT ecert message Relevance for developing countries Developing a project proposal for esps 3
UN/CEFACT Agriculture Domain Develops messages and business process templates for the agriculture domain Objectives: Simplification of agriculture trade Compliance to regulations for food quality and safety Standardization of processes and information (including codes) Integration of agriculture trade into global global standards for trade Improvement of agriculture trade through better information Smarter Food, efoodchain, agriculture Single Window 5
Important CEFACT messages for agriculture trade UN/CEFACT messages for agriculture trade ecert: XML for Sanitary & Phytosanitary Certificates edaplos: Crop Data Sheet Message elabs: Laboratory Observation report FLUX: Fisheries Language for Universal exchange ecites Under development: messages for Track and Trace 6
ecert: the standard for electronic SPS UN/CEFACT ecert: XML for sanitary and phytosanitary certificates Open, international standard FAO IPPC recommends to use CEFACT ecert as standard for esps ecert Standard contains a description of the business processes, the data model and the XML Schema Allows reuse of information in other documents: ecert, CITES, Customs declaration, Invoice.. 7
Example: Electronic SPS: From export to import Figure 5-10 The G2B2B2G model of exchange of esps certificates. ISP Source: F. Lopez 8
ebusiness for developing countries?! Primary Effects: better/faster information exchange and better processes Faster movement of produce and better quality Secondary Effects: ebusiness always requires analysis of the situation, a gradual improvement of processes and documents, increase of collaboration (change management) and finally automatisation motor for reform Legal and organizational reforms Transparancy, application of regulations and less corruption Increased trust of trade partners Initiation of overall, holistic improvements New market opportunities 14
Integrity and Security SPS is genuine? SPS still valid? Why electronic SPS? SPS data matches with other documents? Efficiency One data format Automated Data entry, exchange and validation Faster processing Better regulation Manage risk through infomration Less inspections and better results Statistics and transparancy Figure 5-3 Comparison of paper-based and electronic SPS certificates 16
Project components: Exporting country Three major project components to take full advantage of electronic SPS Automation and reorganization of certificate issuance: : electronic application, scheduling of inspection, issuance, payment, recording of results Integration with Customs and OGA: use electronic SPS for Export clerance; integration of information flows Intelligent use of electronic information for better exports: use information for statistics, risk managment, export promotion,.. Key objectives: Protect your industry/brand; improve quality; reduce costs; efficient use of inspectors 17
Project Components: Importing Country Three major project components to take full advantage of electronic SPS Electronic checking of SPS: Genuine document? Issuance date? Already used? Data exchange with OGA: compare information of SPS with information in other trade documents (SAD): does it match? Implement Risk managment and improved inspection: use electronic information to analyse risks, target inspections, schedule inspections Key objectives: Protect your citicens; improve quality; reduce costs; efficient use of inspectors 18
Handbook on deigning projects for ebusiness in agriculture trade A Handbook to design a high level project document for implementation of a CEFACT agriculture messages Developed by UNECE& ESCAP with the support of the UN/CEFACT expert group Objective: enable implementaiton projects in developing countries Helps policy makers and project managers to define the potential benefits for the country the project phases Activities and expected outcomes Agencies and provate sector stakeholders Expected for early 2016 20
Summary A standards for an electronic document is a condition for automation A project for electronic documents is more than implementing a paper document in electronic format It s an opportunity for Reorganization and automation of the complete information exchange along the supply chain: New methods for Risk managment Reduction of risk and establishing trust along the SC: A project document needs to define the policy objectives, the expected improvements for the export/import process, the key performance indicators and the activities as well as the standards used 21
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Thank You Markus Pikart, UNECE Markus.Pikart@unece.org 31